Co-Conspirator Four's Plan to Replace the Acting Attorney General

Co-conspirator four met with the acting attorney general and told him that the defendant had decided to put co-conspirators in charge of the Justice Department. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff briefed the defendant on the issue, which had previously arisen in December. When the chairman and another advisor recommended that the defendant take no action because inauguration day was only 17 days away, he agreed: "It's too late for us"